Lonesome L A Cowboy chords by Old And In The Way

tab'd by wompton


Intro:
D    A    E    A


Chorus:
         A             G       D                        E
I'm just lonesome L.A. cowboy, hanging out, and hanging on
        A             G                      D              E
To your window ledge, callin your name, from midnight until dawn
       D             E7             A7                D
I been smoking dope, snorting coke, trying to write a song
                A                      E                A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line comes along
D               A                      E          E7         A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line -ine comes along

Verse 1:
        A                     E                  D                     A
So many pretty people in this city, and I swear, some of them are girls
                            E                 D                       E7
I meet 'em down at Barney's Beanery, in their platform shoes and spit curls
  D                 E7                          A                D
I buy em drinks, we stoke our hopes, and try to make it one more night
              A                E                       A
When I'm left alone at last, I feel like I'll die from crying


Chorus:
         A             G       D                        E
I'm just lonesome L.A. cowboy, hanging out, and hanging on
        A             G                      D              E
To your window ledge, callin your name, from midnight until dawn
       D             E7             A7                D
I been smoking dope, snorting coke, trying to write a song
                A                      E                A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line comes along
D               A                      E          E7         A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line -ine comes along


Instrumental:
(play chorus chords but omit last line before going to verse 2)
A   G   D   E
A   G   D   E
D   E7  A7  D
D   A   E   A


Verse 2:
       A                 E               D                        A
I know Kris and Rita and Marty Mull, are meeting at the Troubadour
                                E                  D                   E7
We'll get it on with the Joy Of Cooking, while the crowd calls out for more
       D                E7               A               D
Around six o'clock this morning, I'll be gettin' kind of slow
                       A                    E                    A
When all the shows are over, honey tell me, where do you think I go?


Chorus:
         A             G       D                        E
I'm just lonesome L.A. cowboy, hanging out, and hanging on
        A             G                      D              E
To your window ledge, callin your name, from midnight until dawn
       D             E7             A7                D
I been smoking dope, snorting coke, trying to write a song
                A                      E                A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line comes along
D               A                      E          E7         A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line -ine comes along


Outro:
D    A    E                   E7          A